What is the purpose of the classification?
Classifications allow us to group and organise information in a meaningful and systematic way, usually in exhaustive and structured sets of categories. Statistical classifications are generally developed to support policymaking and, because of that, to organise and present statistics.
A primary purpose of a statistical classification is to provide a simplification of the real world and a useful framework for collecting and analysing data from both statistical and administrative data sets.
A primary purpose of a statistical classification is to provide a simplification of the real world and a useful framework for collecting and analysing data from both statistical and administrative data sets.